Current page highlight

Question

I'm using php to highlight my current page.

Everything works correctly however when I first go to the page there is nothing after "/" in the domain name.

Ex: mydomain.com/

How can I highlight that page. It only gets highlighted when I have /index.php

Ex: mydomain.com/index.php

Here's my html:

<nav>
    <ul class="cd-primary-nav">
      <li><a href="index.php" <?=echoSelectedClassIfRequestMatches("index")?>>Home</a></li>
      <li><a href="about.php" <?=echoSelectedClassIfRequestMatches("about")?>>About</a></li>
      <li><a href="services.php" <?=echoSelectedClassIfRequestMatches("services")?>>Services</a></li>
      <li><a href="brands.php" <?=echoSelectedClassIfRequestMatches("brands")?>>Brands</a></li>
      <li><a href="testimonials.php" <?=echoSelectedClassIfRequestMatches("testimonials")?>>Reviews</a></li>
      <li><a href="contact.php" <?=echoSelectedClassIfRequestMatches("contact" , "thankyou")?>>Contact</a></li>
    </ul>
  </nav>

Here's the PHP:

<?php
function echoSelectedClassIfRequestMatches($requestUri)
{
    $current_file_name = basename($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], ".php");

    if ($current_file_name == $requestUri)
        echo 'class="selected"';
}
?>

Thanks in advance.

Are you using friendly URLs? Check the value of REQUEST_URI in all tests. — Mike -- No longer here, Aug 02 '15 at 15:57
Mike. Yes. I am. The answer below solved it. Thank you for the response. — Daniel, Aug 02 '15 at 16:03

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 02 '15 at 15:57

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You can actually use $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'] to get the executed filename. Even if you browse to example.com, it will still contain index.php as the value.

answered Aug 02 '15 at 15:57

Anonymous

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Thank you. This solved it. Also I changed a href="index.php" to a href="/" – Daniel Aug 02 '15 at 16:02

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